Primary Air Care: Setting the Agenda

Description

The Primary Air Care symposium, hosted by the Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, is an exciting event that will:

• Build awareness among participants of the scope and diversity of research on air pollution, climate change, and energy systems/transitions in different divisions of the university
• Foster new research collaborations
• Build awareness of the concept of Primary Air Care and obtain feedback on the concept
• Develop a research agenda and define next steps for implementation and evaluation of packages of interventions and policies based on Primary Air Care

Primary Air Care is a package of interventions to reduce harmful emissions. Primary Air Care acts against the sources of emissions to reduce greenhouse gases, criteria air pollutants, and other pollutants that contribute to climate change and harm ecosystems and human health. In contrast to other climate change initiatives, Primary Air Care focuses on human-health outcomes to both reduce the impact on vulnerable populations and promote health equity, and to mobilize action to reduce all emissions through increased awareness and understanding of health impacts.

This is a multidisciplinary effort that will include:

• Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
• Center for a Livable Future
• Energy, Resources and Environment Program
• Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy
• Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
• Johns Hopkins Center for Global NCD Research and Training
• Johns Hopkins Office of Sustainability
• Whiting School of Engineering

Breakfast and lunch will be served. View more information and a detailed schedule of sessions online.